Sunday, October 25, 2015

Bartimaeus; October 25, 2015; The Rev. Dr. Richard Smith

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We don’t really know much about Bartimaeus, the blind man in today’s gospel. Some scholars say his name means “son of poverty”; others ...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Gratitude Gestates Generosity, the Rev. Jacqueline Cherry, October 18, 2015 – Proper 19, Yr. B Mark 10:35-45

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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O God. This is the second week of our fundraising campai...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Hellfire, Mark 9:38-50, the Rev'd Dr Richard Smith, September 27, 2015

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We have a built-in desire to be great, to be awesome and fabulous. It’s the way the Creator made us, with an infinite desire to know mor...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Scandal, August 23, 2015, The Rev'd. Dr. Richard Smith

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The sun is warm, The wind is wild The grass is green along the shores, Here no bull can hide The teacher held up his staff and waved ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

St. Mary the Virgin, August 15, 2015, the Rev'd. Dr. Richard Smith

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I want to say a few things about Mary herself and then about her song in today’s gospel. She was a teenage Jewish girl from a fourt...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Touching the Fringe of His Cloak, the Rev'd Jackie Cherry, July 19, 2015 – Proper 11, Yr B

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They begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed. Imagine, the sick on their mat...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Drops in the bucket, July 5, 2015, the Rev'd Robert Cromey

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What is a prophet? Not profit. A prophet is a person is regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God. Today, prop...